Making a super grand prize and then stealing the prize money, BTC won DOTA 2 in Singapore facing a lawsuit from Valve

GESC (Global Electronic Sports Championship), a company specializing in organizing tournaments Esports Southeast Asia’s leading Singapore-based company is facing lawsuits from Valve with allegation bounties of players participating 2 DOTA 2 tournament Minor since last year. Accordingly, this company owes about 750,000 USD (more than 17 billion VND), which includes the champion’s bonus, the salary of the commentator team and the rental of the competition venue.
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In March and May 2018, GESC organized two tournaments, respectively DOTA 2 Minor in Indonesia and Thailand with $300,000 in prize money each, of which the champion will receive $110,000 in prize money. Both events feature teams DOTA famous as Evil Geniuses, Fnatic and Team Secret; However, up to now even the 1 coin bonus has gone silent.

Not only the players, but also the commentators and the tournament organizers did not receive any remuneration. Previously, many employees and gamers contacted GESC to ask about the payment and received an appointment to pay on October 31, 2018, but the company continued to break its promise.
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After the internal settlement was not completed, many individuals submitted complaints to Valve and on April 8 this year, Valve filed a lawsuit against this organizer to the Supreme Court of Singapore. From DOTA 2 Minors, the company is also not hosting any other tournaments, despite advertising that they are about to do two more in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Doug Lombardi, Valve’s vice president of communications, said the company has completely cut ties with the company: “Our agreement with tournament organizers is to pay participants on time. This is very important for the success of tournaments both now and in the future. When BTC fails to meet that, we follow them.”
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In fact, late payment or “swallowing” salary is not uncommon in the Esports world. On its official website, GESC is described as a founding team “with over 40 years of experience organizing world-class sporting and entertainment events.”​